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Timeline

CHILDHOOD

TWENTIES

198024 Years Old
Wincott's first TV role was on King Of Kensington in Toronto. In 1980 Wincott worked with Madeline Kahn in his first film Happy Birthday Gemini.
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Shortly thereafter, director Paul Lynch cast him in the horror film Prom Night as Drew in 1980 with Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. Read Less

198428 Years Old
In 1984, Wincott was cast in the film The Boy in Blue with Nicolas Cage.
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That same year, Wincott was cast in the lead role as Detective Frank Giambone in the TV series Night Heat. After completing 96 episodes on CBS and working with guest stars Danny Aiello, Hector Elizondo, David Carradine, Phyllis Diller, winning Gemini Awards for Best Dramatic Series and a nomination for Best Actor for Wincott, the show came to an end in 1989. Read Less

THIRTIES

199236 Years Old
In 1992 Wincott guest starred in the TV series Matlock with Andy Griffith.

199438 Years Old
In 1994, Wincott, a black belt in Taekwondo, was cast as the lead in the film Martial Law II.
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This was followed by lead roles in the films Deadly Bet, Mission of Justice, Martial Outlaw, Open Fire, No Exit, Street Law, The Donor, When the Bullet Hits the Bone, Last Man Standing, Future Fear with Stacey Keach, and The Killing Machine with Michael Ironside. Read Less

FORTIES

1996 - 19982 More Events

199640 Years Old
In 1996 Wincott worked with Lance Henriksen in the film Profile For Murder.

199842 Years Old
In 1998 Wincott worked with Director Jeff Woolnough on the made for TV movies Universal Soldier II and III with Burt Reynolds and Gary Busey.
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Wincott joined Adrien Brody and Burt Young in the romantic comedy film Undertaker's Wedding in which he played Rocco. Read Less

200044 Years Old
In 2000, Wincott went to work with director Eric Weston in the film Pressure Point starring Michael Madsen, playing the crazed killer that takes Madsen's family hostage.

200246 Years Old
Jeff met his wife Charlotte in Los Angeles in 2002, and they were married on June 21, 2003.

200347 Years Old
In 2003, Wincott worked with director Clark Johnson on the film S.W.A.T. with Samuel Jackson and Colin Farrell, playing Ed Taylor.
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Wincott guest starred on the TV series JAG, 24 with Keifer Sutherland and NCIS with Mark Harmon. Read Less

FIFTIES

200650 Years Old
Wincott was cast as Leo, in the 2006 film Lake City with Sissy Spacek, Drea de Matteo, Keith Carradine, Troy Garity, Dave Matthews and Rebecca Romijn.

On November 30, 2009, she gave birth to their first child together, Wolfgang Anthony Wincott, named after her father, a F.
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Scott Fitzgerald scholar and English professor, and Jeff's brother Michael. Wincott lives in Manhattan, New York, where Charlotte is a doctoral student in neuroscience at New York University School of Medicine. Read Less

Director Tony Scott brought Wincott on board for the film Unstoppable with Denzel Washington to play Chris Pines brother Jesse in 2009.

201155 Years Old
In 2011 Wincott guest starred with Jim Caviezel and Director Dennis Smith as Lieutenant Gilmore on the TV show Person of Interest.
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